The ACSP Annual Conference hosts about 1200 international faculty and students attending more than 200 sessions, workshops and special events for an entire week of your life out of town. Tasks include:

Additional Necessary Relationships - Assist Marketing & Communications Manager with sponsor management; Create a team of the ACSP contractors to work for you on-site; arrange for team travel; create task lists; timelines, behavior expectations, etc.

Communications, Web Site, Conference App - Prepare all pre-conference and post-conference informational and promotional information for conference web pages, Facebook, Twitter, direct email messaging and the web news; Understand and be able to educate attendees on the use of the app

Local Host Committee Liaison; Local Host Session assistance; Mobile tours promotions, registration, logistics; Shepherd and train student volunteers to successfully perform their tasks; Follow through with this committee to be on-time and on-task

Other - Begin researching what it will take to host an international conference in Canada 2020; Post conference survey collection; analysis and response plan; AICP pre-and-post conference CE credit submissions and promotion of availability; Whatever else it takes…

Year-round Workshops - Ex-officio member for committees planning summer workshops or workshops surrounding the annual conference; manage logistics and registration as necessary; Work with each committee to set submission deadlines and understand their needs for the upcoming workshop; Create on-line application or nomination processes; Post submission deadlines, pull data/documentation and share with committees; Work with the committee to communicate with all participants; Work with necessary vendors for each workshop; Collect evaluation and feedback from each workshop for workshop history; Assist with reporting; summaries and document archiving

Experience with academic conferences is a plus. Experience using content management systems, YourMembership.com specifically, is an advantage. Must have previous experience as the lead conference manager. Multi-tasking skills, organizational skills, sales, writing and good communication skills all mandatory.

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